Category: Trade Shows

Cullen, our CEO, talks to TCT at RAPID about how 3Diligent has created a network of industrial grade 3D printing service providers to solve the supply and demand challenges of the current market. By bringing together industrial service providers across North America, customers can take advantage of submitting a single RFQ’s to a network of vendors across the region and experience the fastest turnaround possible for that given part and process.

“We’re kind of an Uber meets Amazon for industrial grade 3D printing. Much like Uber has networked a whole bunch of drivers and Amazon has networked a bunch of retailers – we have networked industrial service providers with heavy-duty resin, plastic, and metal equipment. What that allows you to do as one of our 3Diligent customers is submit a single RFQ using an algorithm that analyzes the RFQ and routes it dynamically to those vendors who are capable of doing the job. You get real time bids and, as a result, faster turn arounds and fantastic prices for guaranteed quality work – as we back every part with our money-back guarantee.

Additionally, 3Diligent will help you identify who has the availability at any given moment to meet very fast turn arounds. Sometimes that will be a local provider, but sometimes that local provider may have a back log of weeks on a particular production run. [With 3Diligent], you won’t be held down by just what is in your neighborhood but rather be able to access some vendor across the country that can get something to you next day or two days out that you would have never come across otherwise.”

3Diligent Experts in Booth 1012

Next week on Wendesday, October 7th and Thursday, October 8th, 3Diligent will be at MD&M Philadelphia, the East Coast’s premier manufacturing event! We’ll be there along with hundreds of other industry experts showing off some of the latest innovations from the manufacturing industry.

Come pay us a visit in Booth 1012! If you’re looking for landmarks on the floor plan, we’re just south of the main stage and in the Design & Manufacturing Section. If you or your friends in the Philly area don’t have a ticket, just let us know ASAP and we can arrange a free pass for you. You can email us at customersupport@3Diligent.com.

We’ll be there to answer any questions you might have about 3D Printing, Rapid Manufacturing, and Sourcing Smarter through the 3Diligent platform. If you have specific questions about a particular project you’re undertaking, we’re happy to weigh in and offer our perspective.

We’ll hope to see you there in the City of Brotherly Love!

The Details

Who: Your friends at 3Diligent

What: MD&M Philadelphia, the largest Med-Tech event in the Four-State Region

For those of you who couldn’t join us at RAPID last week, check out this quick video overview of 3Diligent, the online sourcing solution for production grade rapid manufacturing. If you’re looking for high quality 3D Printed or CNC Machined parts, we’re your solution.

Let us help your business Source Smarter. Sign up for free at www.3Diligent.com to learn more about us and start taking advantage of our platform. Any questions? Drop us a note in the comment section.

3D Printing is revolutionizing the way we manufacture things. And it’s growth is only expected to accelerate. New innovations are introduced to the market seemingly every day. This is great news for manufacturing and innovation. More competition makes for better printers. But it does make it difficult to pick a printer to service your needs. Especially when industrial grade machines can cost six or seven figures. And come with serious obsolescence risks, learning curves, and holding costs. Plus, no printer can do it all, so buying just one probably doesn’t service your need anyhow.

That’s where 3Diligent comes in. 3Diligent has networked independent service providers who have invested in this industrial grade machinery. On the 3Diligent platform, you can submit a Request For Quote (RFQ), and our algorithm selects the right vendors to bid on your job. So you get access to many vendors capabilities in one place and competition for the job. Plus, 3Diligent backs every agreement made on the platform with a money back guarantee.

Customers get better prices and faster turnaround. Vendors get more out of their machines. And both get insights from 3Diligent about their use of the platform.

3Diligent collects fees for facilitating the transaction, but we let our customers and vendors keep most of the value our service provides. So pay us a visit at www.3Diligent.com, sign up for a free account, and let us help you Source Smarter.

3Diligent’s big debut party took place at the RAPID convention in Long Beach, California, May 19-21!

There, we talked with dozens of customers, vendors, and folks simply intrigued by the platform we’ve created. Some great takes on the platform:

“Alibaba for 3D Printing”

“Hotwire meets Uber meets 3D Printing”

“AirBNB for the Rapid Manufacturing World”

“eBay for Industrial 3D Printing.”

We were flattered by the comparisons and while we’ve got a ways to go before they’re truly justified! But we do agree with the important common thread they emphasize: 3Diligent uses the internet to efficiently connect buyers and sellers, giving an opportunity for excess capacity in the market to be utilized to the benefit of both parties.

Last but not least, kudos to our friends from RAPID (@RAPID_Event) who put on a great show!

Let us help your business source smarter. Sign up for free at www.3Diligent.com/signup to learn more about us and start taking advantage of our platform. Any questions? Drop us a note in the comment section.